CVE-2023-52844
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: vidtv: psi: Add check for kstrdup Add check for the return value of kstrdup() and return the error if it fails in order to avoid NULL pointer dereference.
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.25%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: vidtv: psi: Add check for kstrdup Add check for the return value of kstrdup() and return the error if it fails in order to avoid NULL pointer dereference.
- CVSS 3.1
- 6.2 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.25% probability · 16th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-476
- Affected
- linux/linux kernel
- Source
- 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
EPSS 0.3% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3387490c89b10aeb4e71d78b65dbc9ba4b2385b9Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5c26aae3723965c291c65dd2ecad6a3240d422b0Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5cfcc8de7d733a1137b86954cc28ce99972311adPatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/76a2c5df6ca8bd8ada45e953b8c72b746f42918dPatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a51335704a3f90eaf23a6864faefca34b382490aPatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d17269fb9161995303985ab2fe6f16cfb72152f9Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3387490c89b10aeb4e71d78b65dbc9ba4b2385b9Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5c26aae3723965c291c65dd2ecad6a3240d422b0Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5cfcc8de7d733a1137b86954cc28ce99972311adPatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/76a2c5df6ca8bd8ada45e953b8c72b746f42918dPatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a51335704a3f90eaf23a6864faefca34b382490aPatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d17269fb9161995303985ab2fe6f16cfb72152f9Patch
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.